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Miss C. S. Henderson MA LLB NPE. G. Kennedy LLB NP
Miss D. McGhie LLB
J. G. Malcolm-Smith
Mr. E. Mochar
N. J. A. Robertson BL
J. G. L. Robinson BA LLB
E. O. St. John BL WS
O. H. Speirs MA
Mrs. M. L. J. Walker MA LLB NP (Vice-President)
B. C. T. Wood BL
Professional members
Mrs. Lesley Anderson ARICS
J. M. Bennet FRCIS ARVA
Miss Karen Gillies BSc ARICS
F. M. Halliday FRICS
Mrs. U. L. Heaney MA FRICS
M. Kay FRICS
A. C. Love FRICS
E. Milne FRICS
W. W. Mitchell FRICS FRVA
J. B Pettinger FRICS ARVA
J. D. O. Ramsay FRICS FFS
G. F. Robertson FRICS FCIArb (President)
G. Scott FRICS FRVA
J. G. Smith FRICS
I. D. Sutherland
J. T. Sutherland FRICS
Lay members
Mrs. P. Bolton
S. J. Boyd AIPD
Mrs. H . Charlton
Ms A. S. Daghlian
I. S. Davidson
M. Fleming
J. Forbes
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Mrs. C. K. FraserW. G. Fyfe MA BD STM
A. Gray
Mrs. E. R. Innes
A. McQuaker
Mrs. S. B. Mathieson
J. S. Methven
Mrs. J. Murray
Mrs. E. Park
Mrs. D. Rankin
Mrs. S. Ritchie
R. C. Robinson
Mrs. M. M. Roxburgh
J. I. Stevenson
Mrs. A. Tankel
J. Thomson MBE JP
Mrs. A. Woodward-Nutt
The president and vice-president are part-time appointments. The president is expected to spend one and a half days a week on duties relating to his position as president. The vice president is expected to spend one day a week on hers. Both are also required to serve on a set number of rent assessment committees a year. Other panel members are normally asked to serve on rent assessment committees on average once every three weeks. This does, however, vary from area to area.
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Details about panel members' remuneration are published in the annual Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies".These arrangements are broadly similar to those affecting English rent assessment panels.
Witness Costs
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases under summary procedure in the most recent (a) three and (b) five years for which figures are available have involved (i) a witness, (ii) the travelling costs of a witness and (iii) the accommodation costs of a witness being paid to come from waters furth of the British Isles to attend a court hearing, and if he will make a statement. [28633]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested by the hon. Member is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
School Meals
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the net expenditure on school catering services (a) in total and (b) in respect of free school meals in each year since 1987, broken down by county. [28821]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Net expenditures on the school meals service by each education authority in Scotland from financial year 1987 88 to financial year 1993 94--the latest year for which actual expenditure figures are available--are given in the table. Separate information on expenditure on free school meals is not held centrally.
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Net expenditure on school meals service in Scotland in each financial year £000 Education Authority |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borders |558 |548 |744 |732 |756 |789 |789 Central |2,692 |2,905 |2,546 |2,810 |2,305 |2,250 |2,502 Dumfries and Galloway |1,287 |1,245 |1,240 |1,585 |1,793 |1,962 |1,979 Fife |2,665 |2,341 |3,081 |4,305 |4,135 |4,144 |4,452 Grampian |2,579 |2,376 |2,911 |2,821 |3,041 |3,051 |3,013 Highland |1,992 |1,919 |2,164 |2,485 |2,507 |2,735 |2,802 Lothian |6,797 |6,304 |7,136 |7,620 |8,664 |8,819 |8,606 Strathclyde |23,491 |24,032 |24,489 |25,770 |29,469 |30,710 |30,881 Tayside |3,005 |2,995 |4,446 |3,965 |4,412 |4,992 |4,849 Orkney |282 |258 |295 |413 |425 |394 |453 Shetland |448 |478 |334 |n/a |1,084 |1,143 |1,147 Western Isles |657 |645 |733 |836 |812 |796 |800
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what nutritional quality standards there are for school meals; and when was the last change in these standards. [28811]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Specific nutritional standards for school meals are not prescribed in Scotland. The Government's policy is that education authorities should be responsible for the school meals service which they administer, including nutritional aspects.
Schools (Confectionery Sales)
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland under what authority the selling of confectionery
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in schools may be prohibited; and which schools have prohibited its sale. [28829]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The sale, or prohibition of sale, of confectionery in schools is entirely a matter for each education authority. The information on the policies of individual authorities is not held centrally.
Scottish Court Service
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment techniques he has employed to evaluate the benefits and operational efficiency of the Scottish Court Service as an executive agency; what are the specific responsibilities and duties of this agency;
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whom he appointed as the chief executive of this agency; and if he will make a statement. [28631]Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Scottish Court Service was established as an executive agency on 3 April 1995. The key performance targets for the agency were set out by my right hon. Friend in his reply to the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Robertson) on 31 March 1995, Official Report , columns 804-5 . The responsibilities and duties of the agency are set out in the framework document, which is available in the Library. The chief executive of the agency is Michael Ewart, who was appointed following open competition for the post.
Glasgow Regeneration Alliance
Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the members of the board of the Glasgow Regeneration Alliance; and which organisation each member represents. [29276] (2) what parliamentary representation there is on, and input to, the board of the Glasgow Regeneration Alliance; and if he will make a statement. [29277]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: While the Scottish Office has recently accepted an invitation to attend, as observers, the executive officers group of the Glasgow Regeneration Alliance, the composition and workings of the various groups of the alliance are matters for its four member organisations; Strathclyde regional council, Glasgow district council, Glasgow development agency and Scottish Homes.
Mature Students
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many continuing students, commencing a degree course, or postgraduate teacher training course, in Scotland in the autumn of 1995, will be eligible for the mature students allowance. [29194]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is not available at this time. The Student Awards Agency for Scotland, which is responsible for offering assistance to Scottish domiciled students undertaking full-time courses of higher education of the kind referred to, is still receiving student award applications for session 1995 96.
The mature students allowance is a supplementary, age-related, means- tested, allowance administered as an integral part of the student allowances scheme. In session 1995 96, it will be available to those students who commenced a continuous programme of assisted full-time study before session 1995 96, and who meet all the other criteria of the scheme, provided they are continuing with their current course or proceeding direct to another eligible course in session 1995 96 without a gap. The allowance will not be available to new students who commence a programme of full-time study in session 1995 96.
The responsibility for the provision of student support for those students domiciled in England and Wales and Northern Ireland who may be attending institutions in Scotland rests with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, respectively.
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RMAS Salmaster (Fatality)
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the fatal accident inquiry into the death of a crew member of the RMAS Salmaster to be held; and where it will take place. [27917]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The procurator fiscal at Lochmaddy is inquiring into the death of Philip John McPate who died on board RMAS Salmaster off the coast of South Uist on 16 May 1995. A decision on whether to hold a fatal accident inquiry and, if so, on the place at which any inquiry would be held, will be taken by Crown counsel, to whom the procurator fiscal will report when he has completed his inquiries.
Sexual Deviancy Testing
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has to introduce the penile plesythmograph as a means of testing sexual deviancy in prisoners who have been convicted of serious sexual offences; and if he will make a statement. [27918]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 19 June 1995 :
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your question about any proposals to introduce the penile plesythmograph as a means of testing sexual deviancy in prisoners who have been convicted of serious sexual offences.
There are no proposals to introduce such tests in Scotland. The sex offender treatment programme in Peterhead Prison encourages prisoners to address their offending behaviour and to recognise the consequences of their actions for their victims. Emphasis is placed on recognising the cycle of offending and on developing relapse prevention strategies to reduce the number of victims in the future.
Accident and Emergency Departments
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the accident and emergency departments in Scotland. [28164]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The table lists NHS establishments with 100 or more accident and emergency attendances in the year ending 31 December 1994. Not all hospitals listed will have full accident and emergency departments.
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Aberfeldy Cottage Hospital
Aboyne Hospital, Aboyne
Adamson Hospital, Cupar
Arbroath Infirmary
Arduthie Hospital
Arran War Memorial Hospital
Lamlash, Isle of Arran
Aviemore Health Centre
Balfour Hospital, Kirkwall
Belford Hospital, Fort William
Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital
Borders General Hospital
Brechin Infirmary
Caithness General Hospital Wick
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